CLASSIFIED NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISEMENTS CHINA LIGHT & POWER
25 words $2.50
for 3 days prepaid
FOR SALE.“
CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO CONSUMERS
Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
BANKS
MARR.
:
1941-1942
Sealed Tendors will be received at the Royal Naval Hospital, until
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, ÄUSTRALIA & CHINA.
--Incorporated by Royal Charter-1269,00 Paid-up Capital ................mer £3,000,000
Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000
HEAD OFFICELON
13 Blahopsgate, B.GJ. Hub-Axexcles in London! 117/122, Leadenhail Birest, E.CJ,
10 am. on the 14th March, 194esorve Fund .............................. £1,000,000 Notice is hereby given that the from persons desirous of supply- Company's standard charges willing, Beof, Mütton, Fowls, Pork, be increased as from 17th March, Fish, Cheese, Butter, Frosh Milk, e1941, by adding a 10% surcharge and other provisions and neces- to the amounts charged for elec-uaries, for the year ending 31st tricity consumed for lighting and March, 1942, power as per meters read on and after 24th April, 1941.
CROSS SPRINGER SPANIEL Pup- pics, (seven) for sale in aid of Bomber Fund. Please apply Mrs. Hogg, Jockey Club Stables, "HONGKONG AS REVEALED BY THE CAMERA”. Second Edition. Over 60 excellent" Views of the Colony, Price $1.50. Obtainable at Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., or from the Publishers South China Morning Post, Ltd, Wyndham Street,
Fire Engines For Colony
Latest Type Expected
Printed Forms of Tenders and further particulars can be obtain The existing scale of discounts ed at the Royal Naval Hospital. will remain in force.
* West End : Franch: 14/19, Cackspar Street, S.W...
Manchester Dranch
42, tostay street, Manchester, 2.
AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:
Hankow Hongkong
Alor Star Amritsar
The right to reject the lowest Bangkok
By order of the Board of or any tender is reserved, Directors,
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D. W. MUNTON,
Manager. Hongkong, 8th March, 1941.
HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.
The very Intest type of are lighting Notice is hereby given that the equipment, machines capable of de- livering 1,250 gallons per minule, Ordinary Yearly Meeting of Share- which is more than double the copa-holders will be held in the Office city of the best, itchines at present
In the Colony, are expected to arrive in the Colony within the next four months, Mr J. C. Fitz-llenry, Su- perintendent of the Fire Brigade. revealed yesterday.
Four of these large eqneity engines have been ordered, ond at least onc will be housed, in the new Watch
Fire Station, at present under con- struction at the Junction of Hennessy Road mul Canal Rund, East. The machines have 12-cylinder engines, with an R.A.C. rating of 78.8 H.P. developing, 240 brake II.P.
The new Fire Station is expected to be completed in August or Sep- tember this year, when the breatht Wanchal Fire Station, near the Oriental Theatre, will move in. The whole of the existing station and quarters will then be handed over to the Auxiliary Fire Service.
The first floor of the new four- storey building, which is estimated to cost $140,000, has been constructedl so as to take the load of the super- structure should It collapse during a bombing raid. The four main doors will be opened by electrical
solenoid catch which is operated from the control room. The doors being counter-balanced, any individual door can be opened as required.
II. L CLEAVE,
Surgeon Commander, Medical Officer In Charge. Royal Naval Hospital, ·
Hong Kong.
10th March, 1941.
THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the Company, No, 2 Queen's that an Extraordinary General Building, Hong Kong, on Monday, Meeting of the Company will be 31st March, 1911, at noon for con-held in the P. & O. Building, sideration of the Directors' Report Victoria, in the Colony of long and Statement of Accounts for the Kong, at 11.15 o'clock in the fore- noon on Thursday, the 20th day year ending 31st December, 19-10.
of March, 1941, or us soon thero- after as the Ordinary General Meeting of the Company shall have terminated for the purpose of considering and, if thought ft. passing the following resolu. tions:-
The Share Register and Trans- for Books will be closed from the 18th to 31st March, 1941, both days inclusive..
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
E. COCK, Chief Manager. Hongkong. 10th ́ March, 1941, -
THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN
COMPANY LTD."
Notice to Shareholders
THE FIFTY-FOURTH ORDIN- ARY
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Office of Messrs. Jardine, Architects of the Public Works Matheson & Co., Ltd. on WED- Department, who designed the bulld- ing, have improved on the accom- NESDAY, the 26th MARCH, 1941, medation for the station officers and at NOON, for the purpose of Bremen. Two dormitories will be receiving the Roport of the Direc- built on the first second and third
and floors will each tora
Lho Statement of contain three two-roomed flats and Accounts for the year ended 31st one three-roomed fint for Chinese DECEMBER, 1940. sub-ofcers and their fanfiles,
The men will be supplied with hot water from geysers.
floor, while the
are
the
Features of the construction the store-rooms on the ground floor which can be changed round required; the gas chamber for tealing of gas masks, etc; and
the well in the yard which will be used for drill purposes.
con-
The station is of reinforced crete with brick paneis, with terrazzo tiles for the external walls ground Boor.
of the
NEW HOSPITAL
The Hon. Sir Robert Kotowall will formally open the Tal Wo Hospital, No. 1 Babington Path, at 3 pan, on March 14.
AT THE
TO-MORROW KING'S
THE CASE OF THE SABOTAGED, BOMBER
Charlie
Chan
MURDER OVER NEW YORK
SIDNEY TOLER
· MARİORCE
RODINE.
"Charlie Chan", WEAVER LOWERY
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:DONALD
CORTEZ. MacBRIDE
-- MELVILES
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COOPER-VALERIE
A 20th Century Fox Picture
The Transfer Books of the Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, the 15th MARCH, 1911, to WEDNESDAY, the 26th MARCH, 1941, both days inclusive. By Order of the Board of Directors,
C. M. MANNERS, Secretary and Manager. Hongkong. 7th March, 1941.
THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
NOTICE
It is hereby notified that the following increases in the Com- pany's standard charges will be mado for curront consumed in respect of accounts issued for meters read on and after 21st March, 1941;—
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to 16 cents per unit.
2. For Power and Heating from 6 cents to 51⁄2 cents per unit. 3. Tho discount of 10% on Power accounts in excess of 1,000 units per month will be discontinued.
Datavia
Clive Btreet
Penang Nangoon Balgon
Beniarang Beremban Shanghal Singapore Billawan Sourabaya Talping
Ipoti
jlotta
Ilombay
Karachi
Calcutta
Kiang
Agericles:
Kaba
Kuala
Faille l'inca
Lumpur
Kuching
Cawnpora
Madras
Tented
Cobu
Monita
Tongkah
Colombo
Medor
(Bhuket)
Dethl
Haiphong
Canton
Hamburg
New York Taingiao
I'elping Yokohama
(fokirur)
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received or other cur- or shorter periods in Local or rencies at rates which will be quoted on application,
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with interest allowed at rates obtainable on application. The Bank's Head Office in London undertakes Executor & Trustco business and claims recovery of British Income Tax overpaid on terms which may be ascertained at any of its Agencies and
Branches,
W, H. EVANS THOMAS.
Niaungor.
RADIO
ZBW, 355 metres (845 ke,) and 31.45 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) Portuguese Programme:
March
1941.
U.S. Recruits
For R.A.F.
10,000 Volunteers Americans have learned with considerable surprise that not fewer than 10,000 citizens of their country have already volun. teered for training with the R.A.F. in Canada since last May and that 2,520 of them have so far been accepted."
This was disclosed in a specch made at the annual convention of the Association of Life In- surance Presidents in New York, by Mr Leonard Brockington, counsellor to the War Committee of the Canadian Cabinet,
300 Each Day Speaking of the United States citizens who have responded to the coll, he sald they bad come "to help us as volunteers of their own free will, paying their own travellig ex- penses, some of them hitch-hiking. They come from all over the country. "As many as 300 volunteered in
ke one day, Oct. 4,"
added, "and every day since then they have pre- sented themselves at the border to 12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter-apply for entry into the Air Force." cession.
Short
Talk And Music Broadcast by Z. B. W. on a Fre- quency of 815 k.c's, and on Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. and 8-11 p.m. on 9.52 m.c's. per second.
ILK. T.
12.30 London Piano-Accordeon
Band. and.
12.50 Songs by The Street Singer.
1.00 Local Time Signal.
1.01 Compositions of Albeniz, 1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press,
Announcements.
and
ments.
1.45 Dance Musto. 2.15 Close Down.
5.45 Indian Programme. 6.30
tions.
Closing lounl Stock Quotn-
1. That the Directors be and "they are hereby authorised to "capitalise the sum of $3,000,000 "Hongkong currenes, part of the "undivided profits of the Com- "pany standing to the credit of "the Company's Reserve Fund, "and to allot to the members "holding shares of the Company "as on the first day of April "One thousand nine hundred "and forty-one in respect of the "not amount capitalised fully "paid shares of the Company "of equivalent nominal value in "the proportion of one share for "every three shares of the Com- "pany held by them respectively "and that such shares so allotted "shall rank for dividends as "from the 1st day of July, 1941. "2. That if on such distribu- "tion as aforesaid any person "would be entitled to a frac- "tional share the Directors shall, "in lieu of issuing fractional "certifientes, cause the whole "share to be allotted to a person "or persons to be named by the "Directors and such share shall, "at such time as the Directors
Sailing Along Selection....Louis "think fit, be sold and the pro-Levy and His Orchestra with Vocal "ceers distributed amongst the Refrain by Gerry Fitz-Gerald and "persons entitled to the frac-Eve Becke; Wake Up and Live';
tions making up such share" of You.
Never-in-n-Million-Years-Ii's-Swell- Alice Kaye with Cy Feuer By order of the Board of Orchestra; 'Rosal
Rosalie Rosalic;
Life of the The Party-Roses December Rawicz and Landauer (Plano Duets) The Great Victor Herbert; Some- day: Thine Alone....Allan Jones
6.32 Light Opera Selections, 6.55 A.R.P. Announcement regard- ing the forthcoming Census,
Directors,
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.,
Agents, Hongkong, 21st February, 1941.
NOTE:-
7.00 London Belay--The News, 7.15 London Relay... "Britain Speaks.
Tail by J. B. Priestly.
7.30 Portuguese Programme. 8.00 Local Time Signal and An- nouncements.
8.02 Reginald Foort at the Orgnil 8.15 Harry Roy's New Stage Show. (Recorded at the actual perfor- mance at the Holborn Empire, Lon- don).
8.30 Film Selections.
| day
in
(Vocal) wi
with Orchestra; 'It's Love
Again Selection. Louis Levy and ills Gaumont British Symphony with Janet Lind (Vocal).
5.00 London Relay Tho News, 9.15 London Relay-Questions of the Hour
9.30 Do Groot and His Orchestra with Charles Kullman, (Tenor).
Chanson Bobemlenne (Boldi); On A Dreamy Summer Night (Krome).. Groot and His Orchestra; Smilin'
sh (Penn)..
Charles Kullmatı with Orchestra: Autumn Chaminade)....De Groot and His Herbert), Charles Kuilman (Tenor) Love Song (Victor with Orchestra; Traume (Wagner)... De Groot
and His Orchestra Vale
Charles Kuliman (Tenor) with Or- (d'Arcy and Russell); Love, Here is My Heart (Ross and Silesu).... chestra and Organ; In The Night (Tale)....De Groot and His Orches-
them by Article 12 of the Articles of Under the power's conferred upon Association of the Company, the Directors have decided to offer to 1. For Lighting from 15 conts Shuresholders on the Register on the De
1st day of April, 1941, one share par for every
three shares by themompic Shares to be offered to them under Orchestra; held
the Bonus The preceding solution) upon the terms that payment for such shares shall be made to the Company's Bankers, The Hongkong & Shanghai or before the 30th September, 1941, Banking Corporation, Hong Kong on and that Shareholders be given power to renounce their rights under such of offer and that no rights attach to any fractions. The shares taken up under the above offer shall rank for dividends as from 1st day of July, 1941. Formal letters of offer, accept- anee and renunciation will be sent to Shareholders as soon as possible after April 1st next.
of tho Board
-
By order Directors, GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.
Agents.
NOTICE
DEFENCE REĠULATIONS 1940
The following rates will bo charged for malling single coples of the following nowspapers
abroad:-
South China Morning Post China and Macao 10 cents per copy British Empire and Forolga 25 cents per copy
The Hongkong Telegraph
China and Macao 14, conta per copy
10 coats Saturdays
British and Foreign
20 cents per copy
25 cents Saturdays..
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED
NOTICE
Wo have been informed that attempts are being made to sell Green Island Cempnt at rates above the Government Control prices which are:- In grunny bags of
200-lbs.
$7.50 per bag.
$2.80 por bay. In paper bags of
00-lbs.
$2.70 por bag. Application for Delivery Ordora, at above prices, should be made to our Registered Office, 2nd Floor, Exchange Building, 14 Des Voeux Road, Hong Kong.
In paper bags of
04-lba,
R. TAYLOR, Manager and Secretary.
tra.
9.45 News In French (on Sheri Wave only).
10.00 London Relay-Talk: 'Scola Abroad'.
10.15 Humorous Variety Pro- gramme.
11.00 Close Down.
HONGKONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN WE ARE AT WAR Mr. Chamberlain on Sept. 3rd sold:
"The life of the nation MUST GO ON"
Our work, too, MUST GO ON Please do not fall us
The
now
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over
CANADA'S OWN AIR FLAG
Dies
* Royal Air Force station in Britain for tho first time. It was hoisted by Air Marshal "Billy" Bishop, the Canadian V.C., who is seen below performing the ceremony,
"RECORD"
WATCHES
MEAN
QUALITY
WATCHES
OBTAINABLE AT
SENNET FRERES
complete list of prizes in the
Monster Raffle
in aid of the Bomber Fund
will be published in the “South China
19
Morning Post" on Tuesdays and in "The Hongkong Telegraph on Saturdays.
POST OFFICE
The Printed Matter Service to the following places in China stern- porarily suspended:-Yunnan, Sze chuen, Kwelchow, Hunan, Fukien (oxept. Amoy and Kulanga), Awangal (except Wuchow and Yunghsion). North and East of Kwangtung.
A
The public aro reminded that it is breach of postal regulations to encloso in a postal cover communi. calions intended for persons other than the addressee.
Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.
INWARD MAILS Air Mail by "Pan-American Airways Direct Service"-San Francisco date, 4th March
Cunton.
Holhow
Sandakan
U.S.A. and Honolulu (San Francisco
date 21st February)
Strails
and Air Mail by
Mar 11.
Mar, 11.
Mar. 11.
..Mar. 12.
Mar. 12
British
Overseas Airways Service" by ses
from Singapore.
.Mar. 13.
Canton
.Mar. 14.
Calcutta and Straits.
.Mar. 14.
Mar. 14.
United-Kingdom and Strails Mar. 15,
Sandaken
Mor, 19
15.
Rangoon
Calcutin and Straits
Mar. 17, .Mar, 18,
Canton
.Mor. 18. .Mar. 21. Air Mail by "Tan-American Airways Direct Service"-San Francisco date. 15 March......Mar. 22. U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shong-
hat.
Mar. 22. (San Francisco date 28th February}
Calcutta and Straits
OUTWARD ·MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Moit are elosed 15 minutes earlier than the lime given below unless otherwise stated, and where malls are advertis- ed to close at or before 0 e.m. regis- tered and parcet mails are closed at When 1 p.m. on the previous day. mails are advertised to close after 5 p.m.. Registered and Parcel malls are closed at 6 pm.
Tuesday, March 11 Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A.. Canada, Central and South America. via Sari Francisco.
G.P.O. and K.P.0. Ord......... Mar. 11, 8.30 a.m. Air Mail by Sea to Singapore lo con-
nect with the "British Airways."
Overseas
.Mar. 11, 10.30 am.
K.P.O.
Reg
Ord.,
.................. .Mar. 11, 11 a.m.
G.P.O.
Reg
Mar. 11, 10.30 am.
Ord
.Mar, 11, 11 am
Straits, Ceylon, India, E. and South
Africa.
Straita and Calcutta
Parcels
Letters
.Noon.
.Mar. 11, 5 p.m. .Mar. 12, 0.30 am. Iono-
Air Mall for Manila, Guam,
Julu, V.S.A., and Europe via Tan American
ада Trans.
Atlantic &
K.P.O.
Reg.
Ord..
Reg.,
Ord,
Canton.
Mar. 11, 5.00 p.m .Mar. 11, 5.30 p.m.
G.P.O.
.Mar. 11, 6.00 p.m.. ..Mar, 11, 7.00 p.m. 7.00 p.m
Wednesday, March 12
Air Mall for
Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A.. and Europe via "Pan American Airways and Trans- Atlantic Servico" (To connect with the P.A.A. Plane leaving from Manila on the 18th March).
Kowloon F. O.
Reko
Mar. 12, 5.00 pm. ́Ord., ..............Mar, 12, 5.30 pm.
G.P.O
Reg.Mar, 12, 5.00 p.m. Ord........Mor. 12, 7.00 pm.
Thursday, March 13
Manila, Batavia and Sourabaya.
8.30 am.
Air Mail by sca to Singapore lo connect with the "British Over-
Kowloon P. 0.
seas Airways Bervice."
Reki Ord.,
Rek..
Ord.,
.Mar. 13, 2.00 pm. ·
Mar. 13, 2.80. p.зn. G.P.O.
.Mar. 13, 2.00 p.m.
.Mar. 13, 2.30 p.m.
Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South
Africa
3.30 pm. Straits and Parcels only for Unlled-
Kingdom.
K. P, 0. Parcels, ... Reg Ord.,
Mar, 13, 4.00 p.m. Mar. 13, 5.00 p.m. Mar. 13, 5.30 p.m. G. r. o.
Parcels, .... Mar, 13, 4.00 p.m.
Reg......
Mar. 13, 5.00 p.m.
Ord........Mar. 13, 7.00 p.m.
Friday, March 14
Air Mail by Air to Hangoon to con- nect with the "British Overacas Airways,"
Reg.
Ord.
Reg.
Ord.
Kr.o.
.Mar. 14. 4 p.m. .Mar, 14, 4.30 p.m. G.P.O.
..Mar. 14, 4 p.m. .Mar, 14, 4.30 p.m.
7.00 p.m. Iloilo and Parcels only for United-
Canton
Kingdom
Par,
Rcg.
Ord...
Par.
Reg.
Kr.O..
.Mar, 14, 5 pm. ..Mar. 14, 5 p.m.
...Mar. 15, 0.30 am,
G.P.O.
..Mar. 14, 6 p.m. .Mar. 14, 5 p.m. .Mar. 15. 8.30 am, Saturday, March 15
Ord,
Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Hono- Fufu, U.S.A, and Europe via "Pan- American Airways and Trans- Allantio Services”. Κ.Ρ.Ο.
Reg. Mar. 15, 5.00 p.m. Ord........Mar. 15, 5.30 p.m.
G.F.O
HOR. Ord.
..Mar. 15, 5.00 p.m.
Mar. 16, 5.30 p.m. 9.30 a.m.
Monday, March 17
Sandakan Straits, Rangoon and Calculta
3.30 p.m. Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu U9.A., Canada, Central and S. America vin San Francisco.
G. r. O, and K. P. O. Reg.Mar. 17, 6 p.m. Ord..
Mar. 18, 8.30 am. Parcels only for United-Kingdom. *Superscribed Correspondence Only $ p.m.
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